1972–73 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1972–73
Championship Details
Dates	26 November 1972 – 9 December 1973
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Glen Rovers (1st win)
Captain	Denis Coughlan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	St. Rynagh's
Provincial Champions
Munster	Glen Rovers
Leinster	St. Rynagh's
Ulster	O'Donovan Rossa
Connacht	Castlegar
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 26 November 1972 and ended on 9 December 1973.

Blackrock of Cork were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being defeated by St. Finbarr's in the opening round of the Cork Championship.^[1]

On 9 December 1973, Glen Rovers won the championship after a 2-18 to 2-08 defeat of St. Rynagh's in the All-Ireland final.^[2] It was their first ever championship title.

Qualification[edit]

Provincial finals		All-Ireland semi-finals		All-Ireland final

Glen Rovers	2-9

Roscrea	1-10
		Glen Rovers	6-9

		Castlegar	1-7
Castlegar	7-12

Tremane	2-7
				Glen Rovers	2-8

				St. Rynagh's	2-8
St. Rynagh's	5-5

Rathnure	2-13
		St. Rynagh's	5-9

		O'Donovan Rossa	2-8
O'Donovan Rossa	2-8

Ballycran	3-2

Results[edit]

Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship[edit]

Craobh Rua V Carrick 21/01 Tremane V Toureen 21/01

Quarter-finals

21 January 1973 Quarter-final	Tooreen	3-06 - 3-06	Tremane	Hollymount
				Referee: M Burke (Sligo)

Quarter-final replay

Tremane

w/o - scr.

Tooreen

18 February 1973 Quarter-final

Craobh Rua

5-02 - 1-03

Carrick-on-Shannon

Markievicz Park, Sligo

Semi-final

4 March 1973 Semi-final	Tremane	5-10 - 2-06	Craobh Rua	Athleague Sportsfield, Athleague
				Referee: M Flaherty (Galway)

Final

18 March 1973 Final

Tremane

2-07 - 7-12

Castlegar

Athleague Sportsfield, Athleague

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship[edit]

First round

26 November 1973 First round	Arklow Rock Parnells	5-11 - 5-03	Palatine	Parnell Park, Arklow
	A Byrne 1-4, J McDonald 2-0, M O'Brien 0-5, O'Reilly 1-1, K Mellon 1-1.		T Nolan 3-0, JJ Canavan 2-0, W Cullen 0-2, C Keegan 0-1.

11 March 1973 First round	St Brigid's	1-04 - 3-11	St. Rynagh's	Cusack Park, Mullingar
	N Maher 1-0, C Gavin 0-1, O Egan 0-1, O Gallagher 0-1, V Bradley 0-1.		G Burke 2-1, B Moylan 0-4, M Moylan 1-0, P Mulhaire 0-3, S Moylan 0-2, PJ Whelehan 0-1.

11 March 1973 First round	Éire Óg	1-07 - 2-07	Borris-in-Ossory	St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
	J Winders 0-5, R Donnelly 1-0, J Murphy 0-1, J Sharpe 0-1.		P Dollard 2-1, PJ Jones 0-4, S Fahy 0-1, J Hanrahan 0-1,

Quarter-finals

10 December 1972 Quarter-final	Arklow Rock Parnells	4-03 - 4-08	Rathnure	Parnell Park, Arklow
	A Byrne 1-1, K Mellon 1-0, K Power 1-0, P Keogh 1-0, T Byrne 0-1, M O'Brien 0-1.		P Hendrick 2-1, M Byrne 1-1, J Quigley 1-1, J Murphy 0-2, D Quigley 0-1, S Barron 0-1, M Quigley 0-1.	Referee: D Robinson (Kildare)

8 April 1973 Quarter-final	Borris-in-Ossory	3-07 - 4-12	The Fenians	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
	M Dollard 0-4, P Dollard 1-0, L Dollard 1-0, S Fahy 1-0, B Dollard 0-2, J Phelan 0-1.		P Broderick 2-5, J Moriarty 1-2, W Watson 1-1, M Garrett 0-2, P Delaney 0-1, G Murphy 0-1.

Semi-finals

22 April 1973 Semi-final	Rathnure	3-13 - 2-12	Faughs	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	P Hendrick 1-2, D Quigley 0-5, P Flynn 1-1, M Quigley 1-1, T O'Connor 0-2, J Mooney 0-2.		A Dunworth 1-11, J Aherne 1-0, A Devitt 0-1.

22 April 1973 Semi-final	The Fenians	3-01 - 2-13	St. Rynagh's	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
				Referee: M Bowe (Wexford)

Final

5 May 1973 Final	St. Rynagh's	5-05 - 2-13	Rathnure	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	B Moylan 1-4, S Moylan 1-0, G Burke 1-0, R Horan 1-0, B Lyons 1-0, P Horan 0-1.		D Quigley 2-3, P Hendrick 0-3, P Flynn 0-1.	Referee: J Rankins (Laois)

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship[edit]

Quarter-finals

14 January 1973 Quarter-final	South Liberties	2-07 - 3-10	Glen Rovers	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	J McKenna 2-1, É Grimes 0-3, M Shanahan 0-3.		J Young 2-1, J O'Neill 1-1, J McCarthy 0-2, P Doherty 0-2, D Coughlan 0-2, T Buckley 0-1, P Harte 0-1.

28 January 1973 Quarter-final	Roscrea	5-11 - 1-09	Mount Sion	St. Cronan's Park, Roscrea
	F Loughnane 1-10, J Tynan 1-1, M Minogue 1-0, P Roland 1-0, J Hannon 1-0.		S Greene 1-3, J Greene 0-2, F Walsh 0-2, M Geary 0-1, W Power 0-1.	Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

Semi-finals

10 March 1973 Semi-final	Ballyduff	0-01 - 5-06	Glen Rovers	Austin Stack Park, Tralee
	P Costello 0-1.		F Cunningham 4-0, T Buckley 1-2, P Harte 0-2, G O'Sullivan 0-1, P Harte 0-1.	Referee: J Quaid (Limerick)

11 March 1973 Semi-final	Roscrea	3-13 - 4-04	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	W Stapleton 2-2, J Cunningham 1-3, J Tynan 0-2, L Spooner 0-2, M Minogue 0-1, D Moloney 0-1, J Hannon 0-1, F Loughnane 0-1.		M O'Leary 2-0, M Gilmartin 1-1, G Lohan 1-0, J McNamara 0-2, P McNamara 0-1.	Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

Final

22 April 1973 Final	Glen Rovers	2-09 - 1-10	Roscrea	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	L McAuliffe 2-2, D Coughlan 0-2, P Harte 0-2, M Ryan 0-2, P Doherty 0-1.		F Loughnane 0-6, J Cunningham 1-1, J Tynan 0-2, J Crampton 0-1.	Referee: S O'Grady (Limerick)

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship[edit]

Final

8 April 1973 Final

O'Donovan Rossa

2-08 - 3-02

Ballycran

Waterfoot

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship[edit]

Semi-finals

6 May 1973 Semi-final	Glen Rovers	6-09 - 1-07	Castlegar	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	T Buckley 1-4, L McAuliffe 2-0, JJ O'Neill 1-1, P Harte 1-0, M Ryan 1-0, P Doherty 0-2, J Young 0-2.		N Cummins 1-2, M Connolly 0-2, T Murphy 0-1, D Furey 0-1, G Glynn 0-1.	Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

20 May 1973 Semi-final	O'Donovan Rossa	2-08 - 5-09	St. Rynagh's	Waterfoot
	S Collins 1-0, D McConnell 1-0, A Hamill 0-3, P Kane 0-2, L Hamill 0-2, S Clarke 0-1.		B Moylan 1-5, G Burke 2-0, R Horan 1-0, S Lyons 1-0, P Horan 0-3, P Mulhaire 0-1.	Referee: E Devlin (Tyrone)

Final

9 December 1973 Final	Glen Rovers	2–18 – 2–08	St. Rynagh's	Croke Park
	T Buckley 1–9, R Crowley 0–4, P Harte 1–0, M Ryan 0–3, J Young 0–1, JJ O'Neill 0–1.		B Moylan 0–6, B Johnston 1–1, P Mulhaire 1–0, P Horan 0–2.	Referee: S O'Grady (Limerick)

References[edit]

^ Keys, Colm (17 March 1999). "Rathnure stalwarts who hurl aside ravages of time". The Mirror. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
^ "Whelahans keeping it in the family". Irish Examiner. 15 March 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[1] Keys, Colm (17 March 1999). "Rathnure stalwarts who hurl aside ravages of time". The Mirror. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[2] "Whelahans keeping it in the family". Irish Examiner. 15 March 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

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